BAY CITY, Mich. — Bay City Public Schools could save $40,000 annually by changing the date of
school board elections, according to The Bay City Times

Maintaining a
separate election every May costs the district $40,000, Superintendent Douglas
Newcombe told the board recently, The Times reported. Changing to November
elections would save the district 100 percent of that cost in even-numbered
years and half that amount in odd-numbered years. The district could avoid the cost
completely by holding board elections only in November of even-numbered years,
according to The Times.

Two candidates
ran unopposed for the board last May, with a 5.4 percent voter turnout, The
Times reported.